In CSCCE’s Community Participation Model, member interactions that fall into the transactional information sharing modes are CONTRIBUTE and COLLABORATE. Transactional refers to the fact that the terms of engagement should be made clear to all participants and while they are intended to support a common goal, they are likely to be managed by the convening person or organization. In the case of CONTRIBUTE, it is likely that the convener has created the platform to which a member contributes, e.g., a survey. In COLLABORATE mode, it’s likely that the convener has scaffolded the means by which members come together to work on a shared goal, e.g., via templates for a writing sprint.
Citation: Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement. (2025) CSCCE Glossary: Designing community-engaged content. Woodley and Pratt doi: 10.5281/zenodo.10277480